PEORIA – COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the Tri-County Area, a fact which health officials attribute to the increasing prevalence of the more infectious Delta variant and low vaccination numbers in the Peoria area.
“Our positivity rate has doubled in the past 2 weeks, and our ZIP codes which have the lowest vaccination rates continue to have the highest number of cases,” said Monica Hendrickson, administrator for the Peoria City County Health Department. “On July 1, our seven-day average was one new case per day. Today we are back up to double digits; we are reporting an average of 10 new cases each day.”
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PEORIA COVID-19 vaccinations began this week for folks in the 1B category, and a large number of area seniors has been lucky enough to get the call.
Last week, when area health officials announced a don’t-call-us-we’ll-call-you policy for vaccinations, it was disconcerting news for many residents. After all, how would health officials know who to get hold of and how to reach them?
But as the system was put into action this week, a number of people were happy to see that it is working.
“It was like a phone call out of the blue,” said 75-year-old Peoria resident Pat Goitein on Wednesday. “They called on Monday, and within 24 hours I was vaccinated.”